Hi Rafael, Do all users care about the same timer, or does each user have their own, or is there one timer for a group, or something else? Do you need to push the remaining time at particular time for some reason?
Robert On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 20:35, Rafael Sierra <[email protected]> wrote: > I know that I cannot share Client IDs between multiple users, but I > still need something like a broadcast message system. > > Today, users make requests in regular intervals to get the update of > the information, let's say a timer counting down like a bomb, each > client asks the server how much time left to the bomb explodes and the > server answer the time, and it is made every second until the bomb > explods (oh god, this thread will be tracked by USA). > > When I first saw Channel API I thought that in the future I could just > do a simple send_message("120") (which means 2 minutes) and every > client would get the information, but now with the release 1.4 I know > that I can't do it. Instead I was wondering how I could use Channel > API to reduce my request count. > > The first solution that came to me is to made an eternal loop (that > would eventualy die in 10 minutes) in which I would loop across all > the users (yet to know who is online) and send them the time. > Actually, this is the only solution I got in mind, does someone have a > better idea? > > -- > Rafael Sierra > http://blog.rafaelsdm.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
